vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvānpumāṃścarati niḥspṛhaḥ
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntimadhigacchati

That man attains peace who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing, without the sense of ‘l-ness’ and ‘my-ness. ‘

vihāya = giving up; kāmān = material desires for sense gratification; yaḥ = who; sarvān = all; pumān = a person; carati = lives; niḥspṛhaḥ = desireless; nirmamaḥ = without a sense of proprietorship; nirahaṅkāraḥ = without false ego; saḥ = he; śāntiṃ = perfect peace; adhigacchati = attains.;

eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṃ prāpya vimuhyati
sthitvāsyāmantakāle’pi brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu
brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde
sāṅkhyayogo nāma dvitīyo’dhyāyaḥ

This is the BRAHMIC -state, O Son of Pritha. Attaining this, none is deluded. Being established therein, even at the end of life, one attains to oneness with BRAHMAN.

eṣā = this; brāhmī = spiritual; sthitiḥ = situation; pārtha = O son of Pritha; na = never; enaṃ = this; prāpya = achieving; vimuhyati = one is bewildered; sthitvā = being situated; asyāṃ = in this; antakāle = at the end of life; api = also; brahmanirvāṇaṃ = the spiritual kingdom of God; ṛcchati = one attains.;

āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ
samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve
sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī

He attains Peace into whom all desires enter as waters enter the ocean, which, filled from all sides, remains unmoved; but not the desirer of desires.

āpuryamāṇaṃ = always being filled; acalapratiṣṭhaṃ = steadily situated; samudraṃ = the ocean; āpaḥ = waters; praviśanti = enter; yadvat = as; tadvat = so; kāmāḥ = desires; yaṃ = unto whom; praviśanti = enter; sarve = all; saḥ = that person; śāntiṃ = peace; āpnoti = achieves; na = not; kāmakāmī = one who desires to fulfill desires.;

tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā

Therefore, O Mighty-armed, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely restrained from sense-objects.

tasmāt = therefore; yasya = whose; mahābāho = O mighty-armed one; nigṛhītāni = so curbed down; sarvaśaḥ = all around; indriyāṇi = the senses; indriyārthebhyaḥ = from sense objects; tasya = his; prajñā = intelligence; pratiṣṭhitā = fixed.;

yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī
yasyāṃ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ

That which is night to all beings, in that the self-controlled man keeps awake; where all beings are awake, that is the night for the Sage (MUNI) who sees.

yā = what; niśā = is night; sarva = all; bhūtānāṃ = of living entities; tasyāṃ = in that; jāgarti = is wakeful; saṃyamī = the self-controlled; yasyāṃ = in which; jāgrati = are awake; bhūtāni = all beings; sā = that is; niśā = night; paśyataḥ = for the introspective; muneḥ = sage.;

nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntiraśāntasya kutaḥ sukham

There is no knowledge (of the Self) to the unsteady; and to the unsteady no meditation; and to the unmeditative no peace; to the peaceless, how can there be happiness?

nāsti = there cannot be; buddhiḥ = transcendental intelligence; ayuktasya = of one who is not connected (with Krishna consciousness); na = not; ca = and; ayuktasya = of one devoid of Krishna consciousness; bhāvanā = fixed mind (in happiness); na = not; ca = and; abhāvayataḥ = of one who is not fixed; śāntiḥ = peace; aśāntasya = of the unpeaceful; kutaḥ = where is; sukhaṃ = happiness.;

indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano’nuvidhīyate
tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi

For, the mind, which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away his discrimination, as the wind carries away a boat on the waters.

indriyāṇāṃ = of the senses; hi = certainly; caratāṃ = while roaming; yat = with which; manaḥ = the mind; anuvidhīyate = becomes constantly engaged; tat = that; asya = his; harati = takes away; prajñāṃ = intelligence; vāyuḥ = wind; navaṃ = a boat; iva = like; ambhasi = on the water.;

prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṃ hānirasyopajāyate
prasannacetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate

In that peace all pains are destroyed; for, the intellect of the tranquil-minded soon becomes steady.

prasādaṃ = the mercy of the Lord; adhigacchati = attains.; prasāde = on achievement of the causeless mercy of the Lord; sarva = of all; duḥkhānāṃ = material miseries; hāniḥ = destruction; asya = his; upajāyate = takes place; prasannacetasaḥ = of the happy-minded; hi = certainly; āṣu = very soon; buddhiḥ = intelligence; pari = sufficiently; avatiṣṭhate = becomes established.;

rāgadveṣavimuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran . orviyuktais
ātmavaśyairvidheyātmā prasādamadhigacchati

But the self-controlled man, moving among objects, with his senses under restraint, and free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace.

rāga = attachment; dveṣa = and detachment; vimuktaiḥ = by one who has become free from; tu = but; viṣayān = sense objects; indriyaiḥ = by the senses; caran = acting upon; ātmavaśyaiḥ = under one’s control; vidheyātmā = one who follows regulated freedom;

tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā

Having restrained them all, he should sit steadfast, intent on Me; his Wisdom is steady, whose senses are under control.

tāni = those senses; sarvāṇi = all; saṃyamya = keeping under control; yuktaḥ = engaged; āsīta = should be situated; matparaḥ = in relationship with Me; vaśe = in full subjugation; hi = certainly; yasya = one whose; indriyāṇi = senses; tasya = his; prajñā = consciousness; pratiṣṭhitā = fixed.;